[ SECRET POST #2914 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2914 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Eureka]


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[The Amazing Spider Man]


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[Masterchef Season 5]


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[American Horror Story: Murder House]


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Notes:

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Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Um, if you think about it the story being aimed at children almost makes it worse. Just as bad, at least. The reason? Because that turns it into a story that is essentially telling young girls that there is a situation where a teacher having a romantic relationship with them is acceptable. And that's fucked.

[(Anonymous)]

this is where the cultural difference comes in: western children's entertainment focuses on education and morals while japanese focuses more on wish fulfillment. simply put, western parents expect a random children's comic to tell their kids that stealing is wrong while japanese parents expect a random children's comic to show off a new set of pretty sparkly earrings. seeing that there has never been moral panic over the crazy amount of forbidden love in shoujo manga, the parents must be capable of discussing difficult topics with their children instead of trying to pretend they don't exist.

[scrubber]

Yes I'm sure Japanese parents make a habit of discussing difficult topics with their children. Seems like a very Japanese thing to do.

They're so mature, what with their nuanced stance on child/adult relationships.

[(Anonymous)]

From my time in Japan I got the impression that Japanese parents give no shits about what their kids watch. It doesn't even cross their mind that xyz is not appropriate for children. There's none of that crazy overprotective censorship, either.

I don't think it really fucks them up, to be honest. I think everyone realizes it's just fiction. No Japanese person I know seriously thinks a ten year old marrying an adult is okay.

[scrubber]

Are you person I replied to? Because you seems to be singing a completely different song now.

In any case, I mostly agree with you.

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

Cultural norms aside, out of all wish fulfillment fantasies I don't think that's one that should be in children's entertainment. Because it's a fantasy that could be exploited by sexual predators.

[(Anonymous)]

Everything can be exploited by sexual predators, though. Also, pretending that these fantasies don't exist doesn't make them go away.

[(Anonymous)]

1. Yes. Sexual predators can exploit many things in order to get what they want. The logical leap you've made to 'and therefore we shouldn't be careful about the messages kids get through what they watch and read' is less clear though.

2. Choosing not to portray such a fantasy in an uncritically positive light in a piece of media aimed at children =/= pretending those fantasies don't exist.

[(Anonymous)]

I think is less parents capable of discussing those topics with their children and more parents assured that what they watch is not a big influence since society's norms and not wanting to lose face will be enough to dissuade their children to do anything outside the norm.